AMMAN, April 16, 2014 (WAFA) – The
Palestinian National Council called in a statement on Wednesday upon the
Israeli authorities to treat the Palestinian prisoners as war prisoners, after the
state of Palestine became a member in the fourth Geneva Conventions, particularly
the Third Geneva Convention.
In a statement marking the
Palestinian Prisoner Day, the council condemned the Israeli campaign of calling
to adjudicate President Mahmoud Abbas after he signed Palestine’s letters of
accession to a set of international conventions and treaties, particularly
those concerned with prisoners’ affairs.
The council stressed its “support of
the Palestinian leadership in its political and legal battle of defending the
rights of our people in establishing their own state on their national soil
with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Meanwhile, it described the Israeli
pressures on Abbas and the Palestinian people as “political, legal extortion”
which could cause the end of the peace process.
The council finally called upon the
international organizations and parliaments to uphold their responsibilities
and support the Palestinian people in the face of the “growing Israeli
intransigence.”
M.N./T.R.
